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Kathy Sample

Kolbe B™ Index Result

09/22/1999

Kathy Sample

(pilot)

Explain

Maintain

Modify

Restore

Conative Self-Expectations

Kathy Sample, this Kolbe B Index result indicates your conative requirements for the position of pilot.

The Role As You See It

You indicated that your job requires the talents of a mediator who can coordinate contrasting approaches. It is a great role for a team player who is willing to accommodate varying needs without vying for one methodology. This is a job that means having to be all things to all people.

If this is not your natural way of communicating, it may be causing you conative stress.

Each of the rings inside the Pyramid represent 1 unit (erg) of mental energy.

All Action Modes® are represented by color. At the top of the Pyramid is the Action Mode you've identified as needing to be used first to take action in your job. Other modes follow according to the requirements you indicated.

Pyramid of Energy

You indicate your position requires you to spend your time and energy doing what needs to be done in whatever ways work best for the situation or people involved. You can’t waste time trying to change the process, as long as you can keep things moving in the right direction. Additionally, your position demands your response to diverse needs with as much flexibility as possible.

Kolbe B™ Index Result

pilot

Kathy Sample

5-6-6-4

How To Maximize The Opportunity

This job will seem most effortless when you are able to work in your natural stride. However, even a perfect conative fit between talent and task will involve times when personal responsibilities drain available drive. To perform this job you are required to commit some contradictory energy.

To Be At Your Best

Consciously commit your time and mental energy so that your job self-expectations (Kolbe B Index) can be fulfilled as much as possible within the limits of your own MO (Kolbe A Index)

Switch modes when you’re stuck in a rut

Re-energize through your senses: listen, watch, touch, smell, and taste to take in the impressions that nurture your ability to give of your creative self

Results on the Kolbe B Index indicate the requirements or method of operation for your job, as you see it. By depicting the instinctive solutions necessary for success in a particular position, you can determine the conative fit between your job and your natural instincts. While the four instincts are universal and the total capacity for productivity is equal in every human being, the degree to which you are free to be yourself at work determines why some succeed seemingly effortlessly and others have to go against their grain.

For additional perspective on how your Conative Strengths fit with your job, compare your Kolbe B Index Result with your supervisor's Kolbe C™ Index Result, which identifies his or her conative requirements of the job role.